The Royal Stoke University Hospital is the first NHS hospital with a fully Pod-fitted bay.
The hospital’s Elderly Care Unit has increased its single occupancy room capacity following the introduction of four Bioquell Pods. Installed in one of the unit’s bays, this technology will alleviate bed-blocking and increase patient flow through the ward.
For the nursing staff at Royal Stoke, the Pods give the option to quickly isolate patients suspected of having an infection. This rapid action can significantly prevent outbreaks such as norovirus or C. difficilefrom spreading.
They also provide the teams with optimal visibility for better care due to the large clear panel windows.
The new Pods have been shown to be capable of being fully bio-decontaminated in under 50 minutes. This is helping to improve the time between the patient’s discharge and the safe admission of the next patient given the ‘deep clean’ that has taken place and avoids the need to empty the whole ward. The Royal Stoke University Hospital is also using Bioquell’s hydrogen peroxide vapour (HPV) bio-decontamination technology.
